District 22 (Chamber of Deputies of Chile)

District 22
Distrito 22
Electoral District
for the Chamber of Deputies
Location of District 22 within Chile
Commune
RegionAraucanía
Population296,327 (2017)
Electorate286,162 (2021)
Area17,767 km2 (2020)
Current Electoral District
Created2017
Seats4 (2017–present)
Deputies
List
  •   Juan Carlos Beltrán (RN)
  •   Gloria Naveillán (Ind)
  •   Jorge Rathgeb (RN)
  •   Jorge Saffirio (D)

District 22 (Spanish: Distrito 22) is one of the 28 multi-member electoral districts of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the National Congress, the national legislature of Chile. The district was created by the 2015 electoral reform and came into being at the following general election in 2017. It consists of the province of Malleco, and the communes of Galvarino, Lautaro, Melipeuco, Perquenco and Vilcún in the province of Cautín in the region of Araucanía. The district currently elects four of the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 general election the district had 286,162 registered electors.